Classic route
Pieksämäki–Joensuu railway
Pieksämäki → Joensuu · Finland
Pieksämäki–Joensuu railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 180 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 77 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Train
- VR regional
- Countries
- Finland
- In service since
- 1940
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Single track, unelectrified, running east through the Finnish lakes from the junction at Pieksämäki to Joensuu near the Russian border.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 14122169 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 723
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Pieksämäki–Joensuu railway?
The Pieksämäki–Joensuu railway runs 180 km from Pieksämäki to Joensuu.
How long does the Pieksämäki–Joensuu railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 20 min for the 180 km. That is an average of 77 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Pieksämäki–Joensuu railway?
VR.
How old is the Pieksämäki–Joensuu railway?
The line has been in service since 1940. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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